PPt. 23: Evidence for Evolution

Question 1

Can provide very accurate estimates of the age of a compound

Answer 1

Radiometric dating

Question 2

Most useful for dating objects such as bone, wood, cloth and plant fibers no older than 60,000 years

Answer 2

Carbon dating

Question 3

Have been inherited from the same common ancestor despite any differences in current function or appearance

Answer 3

Homologous structures

Question 4

Production of adaptive structures that perform the same function

Answer 4

Convergent evolution

Question 5

Similar structures that result from convergent evolution that are not inherited from a common ancestor but perform a similar function

Answer 5

Analogous structures

Question 6

Provide evidence of common ancestry

Answer 6

Vestigial structures